Cody by Kimberly Raye Page A

about Cody. Or the list. Or Cody and the list.
    He’s a bloodsucking vampire. Dangerous. Deadly.
    That’s what she told herself.
    If only she believed it.
    But he’d saved her last night and he’d even driven herhome. He wasn’t going to hurt her. Not physically, anyway.
    Not emotionally either, she reminded herself. Because it was over. She’d had her orgasm and now it was time to get on with her life.
    That’s what she told herself as she pulled on an oversized T-shirt and climbed into bed. She was going to forget Cody and the all-important fact that he was hanging around town for the next few days. Instead, she was going to focus on her job and her future and sleep.
    She definitely needed sleep.
    When she closed her eyes, however, she didn’t drift off. Instead, she thought about him. And the way he’d touched her in the alley behind the club. And the way he’d kissed her in the backyard.
    And how much she wanted to kiss him.
    Because of him.
    He’d worked his magic on her. Entranced her. Now she was hooked and there was no way she couldn’t think about him and the fact that he was right here in town. Close.
    Waiting.
    To give her another orgasm.
    Nine of them to be exact.
    The moment the thought struck, she tried to push it back out. She didn’t want to think about the damned list. Or what it would be like to visit each spot with Cody Braddock. At the same time, she couldn’t not think about it. He was in her head. Under her skin. There was no escaping the lust.
    She had to deal with it. To burn a little off and thenmaybe, just maybe, she could satisfy her curiosity and get him out of her system.
    And if not?
    It didn’t matter, because Cody would be gone. He was only here for five days. Then it was out of sight, out of mind. Right?
    She could only hope. She climbed out of bed and headed for her closet. Pulling on a pair of shorts, she knotted her T-shirt at her waist and reached for the pink boots she’d worn last night. She slid her feet into them and drew a deep breath.
    And then she headed out to make vampire Cody a proposition he couldn’t refuse.

Chapter Fourteen
    S HE WANTED SEX .
    Cody knew it the moment he opened his hotel room door and found Miranda standing on his doorstep.
    It was a truth that had nothing to do with the fact that he could read every lustful thought racing through her brain.
    Rather, he saw it in the trembling of her full lips, the high color in her cheeks, the tense set to her shoulders, the outline of her ripe nipples against the T-shirt that she wore. It was much more snug than the oversized number she’d had on earlier and it emphasized the full shape of her breasts and narrow tuck of her waist. Her shorts revealed long, shapely legs accented by the pink cowboy boots she’d had on last night.
    His groin tightened and his erection stirred.
    Her scent—warm, sweet apples and decadent woman—teased his nostrils. Her soft breaths echoed in his ears.
    She licked her full lips and he felt the moist stroke on the head of his dick. “ I need to talk to you.” Another swipe of her tongue on her trembling bottom lip and she added, “I’ve got a proposition for you.”
    She rubbed her lips together and he almost groaned outloud. “You feed off sex, right?” Before he could answer, she rushed on, “Which means you need to have sex like I need a really good pizza every Friday night. Right?”
    “I’ve never heard it compared to a double pepperoni with extra cheese, but yeah. Something like that. And this matters because?”
    “I need sex, too. I mean, I don’t need it. I want it.” Her gaze met his and he saw the seductive thoughts that haunted her. “I can’t stop thinking about last night. About us. About you.” Because of you.
    That’s what she wanted to think. What she’d convinced herself of and while Cody knew it wasn’t the least bit true, he wasn’t going to point it out to her and put her on the defensive.
    She was here and he wanted her to stay.
    The